Evolution Light Modern Knowledge Collective, Used (12 results)

Hardcover. London, Blackie and Son Limited. 1925, 1925. Hardcover. second impression. Pages xvi + 529 + 4 pages of ads,octavo, hardcover, second impression. Navy cloth covers; former owner name on half-title, else Very Good. 101206A.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Exterior shelf worn with some fraying. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st printing of "cheap edition." Book appears unread; DJ chipped at spine ends and top of front panel. Essays by thirteen "representative British scientists," first published in 1925. Uncommon in DJ. 530 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-VG. 1st Edition. xv+517+(12)(Index-pages lettered A-L)+(2)(pub.list), 4 plates (2 unf.), occ.text figs; eminent historian of science R.M.Young's dated sig.top fr.free endpaper + cancelled earlier sig., Young's pencilled lines and marginalia in McDougall's chapter on Mental Evolution and twice in A.E.Taylor's on Philosophy otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked, brown flecks to text-block edges. Dark blue cloth covers clean and minimally worn bar v.sl.sp.end & corner rubbing. Contributors include Jeans, Lloyd Morgan, McDougall, Elliot Smith and Soddy. A useful source on state of play of the topic in mid-1920s.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 528 p. : illus., plates (2 fold.) map. diagrs. ; 22 cm. Notes; Bibliography at end of each chapter. Contributions by F.O. Bowes, J.H. Jeans, H. Jeffreys, E.W. Macbride, W. McDougall, C.L. Morgan, M.S. Pembrey, A. Robb, G.E. Smith, F. Soddy, A.E. Taylor, W.W. Watts, J.M. Wilson. Contents; I. Cosmogony, by James H. Jeans.--II. The evolution of the earth as a planet, by Harold Jeffreys.--III. Geology, by William W. Watts.--IV. Biology, by Conway Lloyd Morgan.--V. Botany, by Frederick O. Bower.--VI. Zoology, by Ernest W. MacBride.--VII. Physiology, by Marcus S. Pembrey.--VIII. Anthropology, by G. Elliot Smith.--IX. Mental evolution, by William M'Dougall.--X. Physics and chemistry, by Frederick Soddy.--XI. Time and space, by Alfred A. Robb.--XII. Philosophy, by A.E. Taylor.--XIII. The religious effect of the idea of evolution, by the Rev. James Maurice Wilson. Subjects; Evolution (Biology). Evolution (Biology) ; Bibliography. Biological Evolution. Evolution Religious aspects Christianity. Religion and science. Geology. Philosophy. Physics. Chemistry. Anthropology. Physiology. Mental Evolution. Zoology. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1925, clean copy, no dustjacket, neat name on endpaper, no other markings, feint scattered foxing to prelims, Professional booksellers since 1981.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 528 p. : illus., plates (2 fold.) map. diagrs. ; 22 cm. Notes; Bibliography at end of each chapter. Contributions by F.O. Bowes, J.H. Jeans, H. Jeffreys, E.W. Macbride, W. McDougall, C.L. Morgan, M.S. Pembrey, A. Robb, G.E. Smith, F. Soddy, A.E. Taylor, W.W. Watts, J.M. Wilson. Contents; I. Cosmogony, by James H. Jeans.--II. The evolution of the earth as a planet, by Harold Jeffreys.--III. Geology, by William W. Watts.--IV. Biology, by Conway Lloyd Morgan.--V. Botany, by Frederick O. Bower.--VI. Zoology, by Ernest W. MacBride.--VII. Physiology, by Marcus S. Pembrey.--VIII. Anthropology, by G. Elliot Smith.--IX. Mental evolution, by William M'Dougall.--X. Physics and chemistry, by Frederick Soddy.--XI. Time and space, by Alfred A. Robb.--XII. Philosophy, by A.E. Taylor.--XIII. The religious effect of the idea of evolution, by the Rev. James Maurice Wilson. Subjects; Evolution (Biology). Evolution (Biology) ; Bibliography. Biological Evolution. Evolution Religious aspects Christianity. Religion and science. Geology. Philosophy. Physics. Chemistry. Anthropology. Physiology. Mental Evolution. Zoology. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp xv 528 with folding views of Nebulae and with drawings in the text and a map of the world. Navy cloth, gilt with a little light shelf wear to head and foot of spine and corners. Prize inscription on front endpaper to A. E. Gunther, Magdalen College Oxford.

Condition: Good. No jacket. Some dirty marks, a few scratches and some shelf wear on cover. Also heavy foxing on outer edges of pages and a small crease on top corner of seven pages. Content is fine.

reprint orig. cloth Nice copy small octavo xv + 516 + 14pp., b/w plates, text ills., fldg. plate, index, 13 contributors inc. Sir James Jeans; William McDougall, G. Elliot Smith; Frederick Soddy, & William Watts.

Figures & folding plates. Cloth. xv+516pp+Index. Cover sl. rubbed. Very Good.